Help needed- sharing an internet connection

E@gle.

Ok i have just set up a home network with 2 PC's by just using a cross over cabel. The network is working fine i can share file but i cant connect to the net on my new pc (other one is the one i use to dial-up). i have the internet connection shared and i can even dial up the net from the other PC but it just wont connect.
anybody got any help please

oh and btw the computer i use to dial up has Xp and the other one has XP pro but i dont think it makes any difference

oh and internet connection is eircom ISDN

pdogs

Youve networked the two computers but have you set up ICS correctly. Have a look at http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/ics_xp for the correct methodology.

And do you have any Personal Firewalls installed??

E@gle.

have everything it says ther done but i cant still get it workin and yes i have all fire walls disabled.

I got it working before but the last time i was using a network switch. maybe i need to use one.

pdogs

Have you enabled "Allow users to connect remotely to this computer" as per http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prcg_cnd_xham.asp

And what IP address and subnet mask has ICS assigned to the host computer?

I have found Twiga's RDU to be a useful adjunct to ICS see http://www.twiga.ltd.uk/rdu.asp for details.

thetourist

afaik ICS can only be installed on ONE of the 2 machines if you want to share.

a few services (right click my comp and manage ) need to be turned on to use ICS - not sure which they are but im sure you could find them if you went looking on google

i would suggest uninstalling ics on both computers and reinstalling it on one ( at least from memory i think it's only one ) of the pc's -- i remember that ics is a bit sensitive and at least one of the tutorials i used suggesting uninstalling and reinstalling to get it working correctly



ps the annoyances site was the site i used and it worked correctly for me using a crossover cable XP(dialup) and 98

_CreeD_

http://www.youngzsoft.net/ccproxy/

Excellent and free Proxy Server, easy to setup and secure. Install this on the pc you have connected to the net, set this machine's IP as the proxy server address (The 2 port addresses you need are shown clearly in the help/setup guide) on the other and you're done.Takes all of 2 mins.

maidhc

I know you probably did already, but does the ICS "wizard" thing in XP not do the job? It did for me (although I went back later and changed the IP addresses to suit myself).

I prefer NAT as offered by ICS than Proxy servers; much easier to deal with.

A "proper" option might be to set up something like smoothwall on an old low powered computer.